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There is no Coryton to Radyr service and hasn't been for decades, and indeed no track. Not clear why Coryton would be better than Rhymney/Caerphilly for a service to Penarth.
If I recall correctly, unbraked wagons with a brakevan was class 9. An 8 would have a brake head. In any case moving a train with brakes locked over any distance would be a huge no.
It is an attitude of mind fed by whether you believe most trains are close to time, and there are fallback solutions like the next train.
Last year I made a 12 hour one-way journey finishing at 19h involving as follows: metro, train, metro, train, 3 trains, taxi (plus several walks).
The only...
I am in favour of encouraging cycling but one cyclist plus one bike equals roughly three seat spaces. I hope they provide an equivalent contribution to revenue, especially as bike spaces are used even less than passenger seats.
It obviously helps that the stock might alternatively be scrapped.
Next step will be government to introduce a bill requiring 2 weeks notice to cancel a strike and workers who had planned to strike but don't will not be paid.
This is a very good question for two reasons:
1) what rules will apply to open access post GBR
2) who will decide what a current TOC can do post GBR
As it happens I doubt GWR currently has enough stock to compete, but I also doubt that enough traffic exists for a Swansea avoiding service.
Whilst I do not have legal training, my interpretation based on the statements you have made and the fact that you still have a now out-of-date hence unusable ticket is that a court would find your daughter innocent of any deliberate wrong-doing, indeed quite the contrary. Unfortunately, I do...
All of these could have been part of a cascade plan except there wasn't one. All except the 769 are suitable for the job with the jury being out on the latter which anyway should be relatively short lived on the currently planned operation.
It would however be fair to say that the mk4s were...